How To Install colormake on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install colormake on Kali Linux.

What is colormake

colormake is:

This package contains colormake.pl which parses the output of make to colorize it to make it easier read. In addition, there are two wrapper scripts included, colormake and clmake, which can be invoked instead of make with colorized output on-the-fly.

There are three methods to install colormake on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install colormake Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install colormake using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install colormake

Install colormake Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install colormake using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install colormake

Install colormake Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install colormake using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install colormake

How To Uninstall colormake on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the colormake package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove colormake

Uninstall colormake And Its Dependencies

To uninstall colormake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove colormake

Remove colormake Configurations and Data

To remove colormake configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge colormake

Remove colormake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove colormake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colormake

Dependencies

colormake have the following dependencies:

• perl
• less
• make

References

• colormake website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install colormake package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.